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Wrongly convicted Black man wins 10.5M lawsuit after 24 years in prison

May 11, 2022 - 02:35 PM Nationwide — Shawn Williams, an African American man from New York City who served 24 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, has finally been awarded a $10.5 million settlement years after his conviction has been overturned. Williams was only 19-years old when he was charged...

Woman spanks someone else’s child, charged with abuse

May 11, 2022 - 11:10 AM Nationwide — Kady Ann Sewell, a 33-year old mother from Florida City, Florida, is facing child abuse charges after she allegedly spanked a 13-year-old boy at school who had defended himself after being bullied by her son. Surveillance video caught Sewell inside the premises of Bethel Sev...

Rappers Young Thug, Gunna charged with racketeering

May 10, 2022 - 08:25 PM ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta rapper Young Thug co-founded a violent street gang that committed multiple murders, shootings and carjackings over roughly a decade and promoted its activities in songs and on social media, prosecutors allege in a sprawling indictment that charges him, rapper Gunna and 2...

Woman who said she killed Texas man was girlfriend, not wife

May 10, 2022 - 08:05 PM SPRING, Texas (AP) — After authorities initially said a Houston-area woman told them the man she’d killed over another woman was her husband, they said Tuesday that his family says she was his girlfriend. Karin Stewart, 51, has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting Saturda...

No charges for Mike Tyson for punching airplane passenger

May 10, 2022 - 06:40 PM SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The San...

Non-unanimous verdicts at issue at Louisiana high court

May 10, 2022 - 05:25 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the state Constitution provision allowing non-unanimous jury convictions was racially motivated — and whether the now-banned policy must be applied retroactively. An attorney for the state said the ans...

Black woman CEO honored by President Biden, receives Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award

May 10, 2022 - 10:25 AM Nationwide — Honoring her remarkable leadership and service, Dr. Velma Trayham, a native of Houston, Texas, has become one of few Black female entrepreneurs to have been awarded the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award by President Joe Biden. The annual awards honor a select few who &l...

Magic Johnson & Mike Tyson to address Black business owners at in Las Vegas

May 10, 2022 - 06:48 AM Nationwide — Sharing their competitive fire and strategies for success, professional athletes Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Mike Tyson have been confirmed as keynote speakers for the upcoming 4th annual Recession Proof Convention. Slated for May 27-28 at The Mirage in Las Ve...

Atlanta rapper Young Thug arrested on RICO, gang charges

May 10, 2022 - 06:43 AM ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta rapper Young Thug was one of 28 people indicted Monday in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state’s RICO act and street gang charges, according to jail records. The Atlanta rapper, whose name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested at his home in Buckhead, ...

Daunte Wright’s mother detained after recording traffic stop

May 06, 2022 - 06:35 PM BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The mother of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a suburban Minneapolis police officer, said she was injured while she was briefly detained by one of the same department’s officers after she stopped to record an arrest of a person during a traf...

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Wrongly convicted Black man wins 10.5M lawsuit after 24 years in prison

Woman spanks someone else’s child, charged with abuse

Rappers Young Thug, Gunna charged with racketeering

Woman who said she killed Texas man was girlfriend, not wife

No charges for Mike Tyson for punching airplane passenger

Non-unanimous verdicts at issue at Louisiana high court

Black woman CEO honored by President Biden, receives Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award

Magic Johnson & Mike Tyson to address Black business owners at in Las Vegas

Atlanta rapper Young Thug arrested on RICO, gang charges

Daunte Wright’s mother detained after recording traffic stop

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